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710 Phil. 756
SECOND DIVISION
[ G.R. No. 197049, June 10, 2013 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARIA
JENNY REA Y GUEVARRA AND ESTRELLITA TENDENILLA, ACCUSEDAPPELLANTS.
DECISION
PEREZ, J.:
On appeal is the Decision[1] dated 10 January 2011 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R.
CR-HC No. 03178 affirming the judgment of conviction of appellants Maria Jenny Rea y
Guevarra (Rea) and Estrellita Tendenilla (Tendenilla) for the crime of illegal recruitment
rendered by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Mandaluyong City, Branch 214, in
Criminal Case No. MC-005-9493-H.
In the Information before the RTC, appellants and Ginette Azul (Azul) were charged
with illegal recruitment committed as follows:
That in the period from June 2005 to August 23, 2005, in the City of
Mandaluyong, Philippines, a place within the jurisdiction of this Honorable
Court, the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together
with a certain "Edith", whose true name and present whereabout is still
unknown and mutually helping one another, representing themselves to
have the capacity of contracting, enlisting and transporting Filipino workers
for employment abroad, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and
feloniously, recruit and promise employment/job placement abroad
specifically in London, United Kingdom as caregivers and general services for
a fee in the following amount of P100,000.00 from Michael Niño Soriano y
Torres, P150,000.00 from Maricel Tumamao y Coloma, P250,000.00 from
Dandy Mendoza Paller, P150,000.00 from Rebecca Villa[l]una y Bernardo,
P200,000.00 from Nyann Pasquito y Saiasa, P120,000.00 from Alvaro
Trinidad y Pili and P132,000.00 from Cyrus Chavez y Fallaria, without first
securing the required license and authority from the Department of Labor
and Employment, and without any capacity and means to deploy workers
abroad despite receipt of the aforestated fees, accused failed to deploy them
as workers, which acts were committed and carried out by a group of more
than three (3) persons conspiring and confederating with one another and
the same was committed against more than three (3) persons, hence, the
offense is considered committed by a syndicate or in large scale, in violation
of the aforementioned law.[2] (Underscoring not supplied).
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